purslane family

noun

1. the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.

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Bear berry Post oak Prickly poppy Pulse family Purslane family Quassia family Rattan vine Red bud Red bud.

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Spekboom, spek′bōm, n. a large South African shrub of the purslane family.

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